周二,在两个小时的视频通话中,拜登警告普京如果俄罗斯军队发动袭击,将面临普京本人“从未见过的”经济制裁。与此同时,拜登也正与欧洲主要大国密切协调,在与普京视频峰会前后,他也与英国、法国、德国和意大利的领导人接触。
乌克兰外交部长库列巴称,美国总统拜登和俄罗斯总统普京之间的会谈“威慑和降低”了紧张局势。
据路透社说,乌克兰外交部长库列巴(Dmytro Kuleba)周三指出,美国总统拜登和俄罗斯总统普京之间的会谈“威慑和降低”了紧张局势。这是乌克兰高级官员首次对拜登和普京的视频通话做出回应,库列巴对美国让俄罗斯回到谈判桌的努力表示欢迎。
但他补充说,当务之急是制定一个威慑方案,以阻止莫斯科的任何进一步军事升级。
在周四的电话会议上,拜登将焦点转向了处于西方和俄罗斯之间斗争前线东欧国家。美国总统首先致电乌克兰总统泽伦斯基,然后是保加利亚、捷克、爱沙尼亚、匈牙利、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、波兰、罗马尼亚和斯洛伐克的领导人,拜登承诺如果俄罗斯袭击乌克兰,将对这些国家提供支持,同时对莫斯科发出严厉经济制裁。
Ukraine’s military took us to see them demonstrating US-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles out in eastern #Ukraine this morning.
— Patrick Reevell (@Reevellp) December 8, 2021
Probably the best-known and most controversial piece of US military assistance. It’s part of the aid Putin is signaling is unacceptable for Russia. pic.twitter.com/oC8q5QLeht
The Ukrainian state TV channel "Dom" showed footage of the first use of Javelin missile systems in Donbass. According to him, the shooting took place during the exercises.@serious_war_eng pic.twitter.com/UM8q65XoJh
— Serious War (@serious_war_eng) December 22, 2021
Democracy is not a given, it must be fought for. Took part in the inaugural session of the online Summit for Democracy. Grateful to @POTUS @JoeBiden for his leadership in defending freedom and equality. pic.twitter.com/P9tsDyU5PS
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 9, 2021
'There is no more of a legal basis for Russia to insist on regaining part of Ukraine than there is for Germany to demand the return of Alsace or Lorraine from France or to claim a right to defend ethnic Germans living in Czechia, Austria or Poland'*****TErWmez2V7
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) December 8, 2021
On Russia’s build-up near Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that "we all made it very clear that there will be a high price to pay" for any further Russian aggression against Ukraine.*****vx8hhBxC0i
— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) December 8, 2021